Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.04% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 5.36% or 0.170 points to trade at 3.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 3.69% or 0.55 points to end at 15.37 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 2.90% or 0.76 points to 25.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which fell 4.98% or 0.72 points to trade at 13.75 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 0.75% or 0.05 points to end at 6.60 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was down 0.24% or 0.01 points to 4.17.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 23 to 12 and 67 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.00% or 0.49 to $48.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.83% or 0.43 to hit $51.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.58 to trade at $1257.08 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.55% to 349.610, while USD/NGN fell 3.54% to 305.300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 98.98.